Brown University Department of Cognitive and Linguistic Sciences

As of July 2010, the departments of Psychology and Cognitive & Linguistic Sciences have merged as the new Department of Cognitive, Linguistic & Psychological Sciences (CLPS). As a result, this information may now be somewhat inaccurate, and updates are needed.

Brown University Department of Cognitive, Linguistic, and Psychological Sciences

Faculty Profile
17 department faculty members and 10 associated faculty participate in the program. Associated faculty also have appointments in computer science, engineering, psychology, neuroscience, and mathematics.

Major Research Themes
Research in the department is strongly centered around cognitive science and linguistics. Cognitive science research topics include categorization, cognitive neuroscience, judgment, decision making, and learning, neural models of cognition and language and visual perception and action. Linguistics research topics include acquisition of language, computational linguistics, neurolinguistics, speech perception and production, and syntax and semantics.

Other Information
The intellectual life of the department is lively and interactive. In addition to a departmental colloquium series, there are bag lunch groups on various research topics, as well as numerous research meetings. Undergraduate concentrations include: Cognitive Science, Linguistics, and Cognitive Neuroscience. A related concentration in Anthropology/Linguistics is administered by the Department of Anthropology

Degrees
The Department of Cognitive, Linguistic, and Psychological Sciences has Master's and Ph.D. programs, as well as an Undergraduate Major with concentrations in Cognitive Neuroscience, Cognitive Science, Linguistics, and Psychology.

Website
Brown University Department of Cognitive, Linguistic, and Psychological Sciences

Address
Department of Cognitive, Linguistic, and Psychological Sciences

Brown University

Box 1821

190 Thayer Street

Providence, RI 02912

Telephone
(401) 863-2727

E-mail
CLPS@brown.edu